SADLY not. He owes money and he can still make millions each time he steps into the ring. His talent may have waned, but his drawing potential barely dwindles with each new high-profile disaster. There will always be money for Mike Tyson. And it is impossible to imagine him opting for a quiet retirement.

A rematch with Williams is almost inevitable, assuming Tyson does fight on. Such a fight has huge box office potential and Williams would jump at the chance as it remains by far his most lucrative option.

Williams would beat him again. The Briton is a different fighter now, full of confidence and believing he is one of the best in the world. On the other hand, Tyson is shot and stunned and what remained of his ferocious aura has been stripped away.

Tyson would probably continue fighting. It is almost impossible to imagine him deciding to quit before it is forced upon him for health reasons. The freak show will gather pace and his hangers on will convince him he still has what it takes. He remains an irresistible attraction.

What went wrong? Almost everything. Tyson had bad advice and a phenomenal appetite for self-destruction. The teenage Tyson should have gone on to become one of the greatest fighters of all time. Instead his career stuttered and he was made to look increasingly one-dimensional as the years went by.

We should have seen it coming? But Tyson still had the power and had trained enthusiastically for this fight. He almost won by first-round knockout. But the manner of his capitulation was dramatic and proved his years of hard living have taken their toll.